Today is the last chance to attend an Extraordinary Orchard Park Parade workshop before the big event itself on Saturday (6 May).
Artists from Handmade Parade, Hull Carnival Arts and Rag and Bone have been working with residents of the Orchard Park Estate to make creatures, characters and flags that will feature in the Extraordinary Orchard Park Parade. The final workshop takes place at St Michael’s Youth Project on Orchard Park Estate between 3.30pm-5.30pm.
The Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal Group expects to see Beverley lit up like never before this year, as they continue to raise funds towards Christmas 2017’s lighting display.
The architecture of Beverley naturally lends itself to the festive season, attracting thousands each year to the lights switch on.
A scheme which will brand taxis with distinctive white and green livery is to be rolled out across the East Riding.
For the last three months, a number of hackney carriage operators have been working alongside East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s licensing team to take part in a pilot scheme which has seen white taxis branded with green markings and displaying a green Yorkshire rose symbol.
The Potting Shed in Beverley is celebrating after being shortlisted for a top honour in the Hull Lifestyle Awards.
The bar and gardens, which opened last summer on Flemingate, has been nominated for the Restaurant of the Year accolade.
Plans for a near half million pounds ‘temporary’ road have been met with deep concern by Beverley residents after what have been described as ‘constructive’ talks with Yorkshire Water.
The company is about to start construction on a 37 million pounds investment to improve facilities at their Beverley treatment plant.
Stew Scott says it was amazing to score 160 for Beverley Town Cricket Club in their win at the weekend over Hessle.
Scott who made a shock move from Cherry Burton to Beverley Town Cricket Club in winter as he looks to try and improve and play at higher standard.
Johanna Boal from Beverley, has been selected as Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Beverley and Holderness constituency for the General Election on 8 June.
Mrs Boal said she wants to restore hope to people’s lives that have been ruined by the ‘cynical and cruel Tories’ that she says have slashed spending locally.
James Westmoreland from Beverley competed in round three of the British Superbike Championship (BSB) on board the Gearlink Kawasaki ZX-10R around the Oulton Park International Circuit in Cheshire.
He will start from twentieth on the grid setting a time of 1min 36.4secs. As the lights went green for the first of the weekends two races ‘Westy’ had an average start and dropped two places off the start line.
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Beverley Town Cricket Club were unlucky this weekend as they lost by one wicket to Sessay in the Hunters York & District Senior League Premier.
After losing the toss Beverley were put into bat at the Norwood Recreation Ground on a surface that was difficult to score on.
Monks Walk pub in Beverley is inviting readers to meet the authors of two very different local interest books on the same day.
On Wednesday May 10th the pub in Highgate will be welcoming Fleur & Colin Speakman, authors of the highly acclaimed new book ‘The Yorkshire Wolds – a Journey of Discovery’, which has a chapter on Beverley and John Phillips, author of: ‘Of a Fair Uniforme Making’ – a definitive history on the building of Beverley Minster.
The blue and golds clinched their first league points of the season in a penalty riddled encounter at the Leisure Centre last Saturday. Almost every technical offence appeared to prompt a blow of the whistle.
It was an important day off the field with club entertaining sponsors and Beverley did manage some well worked tries in between the stoppages to at least put on something of a show. Injuries to Billy Riby, Lewis and Josh Poskitt and the late withdrawal due to work of Ryan Anson forced Howdle to juggle the starting lineup. Lewis Campion started at full back, Ben Naylor on the wing, and Jack Humphries slotted into the halfs.
Ruth Carr will attempt to put the gloss on a memorable few days when golden oldie Dubai Dynamo runs at Beverley on Bank Holiday Monday.
The North Yorkshire handler is still on a high after Sovereign Debt provided Carr with a first Group-race winner from as many runners at Sandown on Friday.
A number of businesses in Beverley have been nominated for ‘Hull Life Style Award’ which was set up to celebrate business and the people that make Hull a great City.
Nominations from Beverley include The Kings Head Hotel, Mimi Boutique, TC Patisserie, Roots Rum Shack & Kitchen, BodyFlex Gym, Sessions Hair and Beauty Spa, Tickton Grange Hotel, Chequers Micropub, Cerutti 2 Beverley , The Potting Shed, Pipe and Glass, The Westwood, Hugh Rice Jewellers and Lempicka Café & Bistro .
One of the most well known land marks in the area, the Lord Line building stands, abandoned and derelict in St Andrew’s Dock in Hull.
Over year’s since moving to the area I have been interested in this building and have photographed it many times from the ground, though this time took some shots from above.
Beverley Racecourse has teamed up with celebrity chef Colin McGurran to make visiting the East Yorkshire venue an even more fabulous experience during the 2017 season.
In a first for a Northern racecourse, the partnership has seen the acclaimed chef create signature dishes to be enjoyed by race day diners in the popular The Attraction restaurant.
A popular Wednesday Market restaurant has made some major changes to their menu, adding new dishes that are designed to “reflect the seasons”.
Cosmos in Beverley have undertaken a tasty overhaul of their menu, including totally changing the children’s menu, adding pizzas and a new succulent mixed grill.
A mini farm will visit Hull’s Old Town this year as International Hanse Day returns for 2017.
Visitors to the event will have the chance to pet lambs, pigs and a goat whilst learning about livestock in the Middle Ages on Saturday 13 May.